> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 19:57:45 +0200
> From: Gabriel Nordeborn <gabbe.nord(a)gmail.com>
> To: linux-audio-user <linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org>
> Subject: [LAU] Electrical violin?
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> Hey everyone!
>
> Does anyone have experience with electrical violins? I might be looking to
> buy one, although I don't know how to play the violin, but I'd really
> really like to have one and try to learn. But, for my girlfriend and
> neighbour's sake, I'm looking primarily at electrical ones.
>
> Does anyone have experience with electrical violins? How much do they
> differ depending on price? I guess it's similar to electrical guitars and
> price depends largely on the quality of the pickups...?
>
> Any experience and advice is very welcome, thanks in advance!
>
> Gabriel
>
been pushed to the guitarix git repository. Those are simulations of the
following pedals:
Fuzz Face JH1
Fuzz Face Fuller Mods
Fuzz Face Roger Mayer
Foxey Lady
Colorsound Tonebender
Sustainer+Muff (Big Muff Pi)
Screamig Bird
Hornet
High Frequency Brightener
LPB-1 Booster
Hogs Foot
They are generated from schematic files, with our Ampsim Toolkit.
http://sourceforge.net/p/guitarix/blog/2015/03/j-hendrix-fuzz-face/
Schematic files (gschem) been included in the tools directory.
regards
hermann
It's not all nuts and bolts you know :)
This is something I first composed in 1992 using a Mk1 Sound Canvas, an SY22
and an Acorn Archimedes. It was recorded on a Casio DAT machine. In those
days the total kit probably cost me in the region of £4000!
It was 7 tracks played on a MIDI keyboard, with only minimal editing afterwards.
Now I have a fresh 9 track arrangement derived from the original files using
just Rosegarden and Yoshimi and then recorded with Audacity in one pass. Total
cost about £300 :)
http://www.musically.me.uk/music/The_Piper.ogg
Enjoy!
--
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
V 1.3.5-rc
I don't usually post here about release candidates, but there have been a lot
of changes since V 1.3.4
Some (like vector control) were shown to a handful of people at LAC 2015, but
others are a direct response to suggestions there. Also there is a roadmap we're
following too.
Before making a full release I'd very much like comments. What you like, what
you don't and what's just 'meh'. So please grab the current snapshot.
In brief:
User interface
Visual identification of use of any/all three synth engines.
Part number and instrument name shown in all editing window title bars,
also voice number shown in AddSynth oscillator editor.
Scroll wheel control of all rotary knobs +Ctrl for very fine control.
Horizontal as well as vertical drag of rotary knobs.
Revised some layouts and removed redundant controls and refreshes.
System
On demand jack port creation for individual part outputs.
NRPNs including 14bit & increment/decrement.
Also ZynAddSubFX compatible ones (with some extensions).
Yoshimi now supports 16, 32 or 64 semi-independent parts.
Vector control.
Direct part control.
Miscellany
The 'docs' directory now gets installed, although it's still scrappy text files.
It also has a fair bit of info about the above features.
There is a new historical branch (currently with versions 0.010 to 0.038).
Yoshimi is now mirrored https://github.com/abrolag/yoshimi
Of course the original is still http://sourceforge.net/projects/yoshimi
--
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
Hi all,
New images are ready for testing ;)
io GNU/Linux is a Live DVD/USB based on Debian Sid and focused on multimedia.
Kernel 4.0.4 and 4.0.4-rt, Jack2+AlsaLoop as default sound server (can be
easily changed to Jack2+ZitaBridge, Jack2+PulseAudio, PulseAudio or Alsa)
e18 as desktop environment and a big collection of installed software... Full
persistence for USB install (with encryption) and more stuff...
For more infos: manual, packages list, screenshots, video etc... Visit:
-> http://io.gnu.linux.free.fr
-> https://sourceforge.net/projects/io-gnu-linux/
Installer has been rewritten, and a lot of work has been done to improve
security of live persistent users.
Feedbacks welcome, enjoy :)
MK
Hi everyone, long time LAU, first time poster..
Looking for some advice and I know from reading the list posts over time
there is quite a 'brain trust' of audio professionals here.. :)
I'm in the middle of building a new recording studio and soon will be
starting to rough-in the electrical wiring, the studio is not very large
but will have a separate uncoupled control room and a studio
floor/rehearsal space. I'm curious what the prevailing wisdom is on using
shielded wire (or metal conduit tubing) for the electrical wiring..
I'm in Canada where we use 120V AC, the wiring options are 'Romex' which
is regular jacketed house wiring with plastic insulation, next option
would be 'BX Cable' which is insulated wiring in a flexible corrugated
aluminum shell, and the last option would be metal conduit which is
getting harder to find on the consumer market since PVC conduit has
pretty much completely replaced it.. So obviously the cost goes up
accordingly with each wiring type with Romex being the most affordable,
in my existing older studio I can't say that electrical noise has been a
big problem but it certainly is detectable when using single coil
equipped guitars and miking cranked tube amps with a few stompboxes
engaged. On the other hand this will more than likely be the last studio
I build so I want to do it once and do it right. ;)
Any recommendations? If I went with Romex are there certain tricks that
can be used to minimize potential noise? Or is this kind of thing
"majoring in the minors" and should time, effort and money be spent in
other areas of the construction or audio equipment?
A second related question: Is LED lighting better than CFL for noise? I am
aware that dimmers are always a bad idea so I will be avoiding them and
I'd prefer to use LED unless they are worse for causing noise..
Thanks for your time, I look forward to any wisdom you can share -GLEN
Hi all
Advanced GTK+ Sequencer is intended to use for music composition. It
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soundfont2 player, mixer and an output panel. It's designed to be
highly configurable, you may ...
Please visit and enjoy some updates like compile linux realtime kernel
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cheers
Joël
> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 16:36:01 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Len Ovens <len(a)ovenwerks.net>
> To: linux-audio-user <linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org>
> Subject: Re: [LAU] Electrical violin?
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> On Wed, 3 Jun 2015, Gabriel Nordeborn wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have experience with electrical violins? I might be looking
> to buy
> > one, although I don't know how to play the violin, but I'd really really
> like to
> > have one and try to learn. But, for my girlfriend and neighbour's sake,
> I'm
> > looking primarily at electrical ones.
>
> I am not a player either, but do know that for some notes a lot of the
> sound comes from the bridge and not the body. That is that an electric may
> be quieter than an acoustic, but still much louder than an electric guitar
> in the same way an electric guitar is louder (acoustically) than an
> electric bass. Are there no big name music stores you can rent one from
> for a week or so? or at least try one out in the store? Do you have any
> friends that play?
>
> I saw this one:
>
>
> http://www.kkmusicstore.com/cecilio-cevn1bk-black-metallic-size-44-34-or-12…
>
> Which (as the reviewer said) is cheap enough to be a throw away... that is
> renting will eat up that much ($130) pretty quick. (and much cheaper than
> a reasonable acoustic model)
>
> I would compare a violin to a mandolin (which I do have), but I realize
> that the violin is generally one note at a time so the trouble I have with
> stumbling over my big fingers on the mandolin may be reduced. :)
>
> --
> Len Ovens
> www.ovenwerks.net
>
>
>
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> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2015 21:21:29 -0700
> From: David Christensen <dpchrist(a)holgerdanske.com>
> To: linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org
> Subject: Re: [LAU] Shielded electrical wiring for studio (or not)
> Message-ID: <556FD249.5060802(a)holgerdanske.com>
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> On 06/02/2015 06:32 AM, Glen MacArthur wrote:
> > ... I've received a few mic
> > shocks to the lips over the years when I used to run a vintage amp
> without
> > a ground (it only had a ground lift toggle switch)... It didn't take me
> > long to upgrade the wiring to a fully grounded cord.. :)..
>
> I'm curious -- if an electric guitar amplifier has a two-conductor power
> supply cord (with hot and neutral conductors only) and a "ground lift"
> switch, what does the switch do?
>
>
> Can you provide an example make and model that has a schematic available
> on the web? For example:
>
> http://www.thevintagesound.com/ffg/
>
>
> David
>
>
>
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> Message: 11
> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 22:19:48 -0700
> From: Sean Bolton <sean(a)smbolton.com>
> Cc: linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org
> Subject: Re: [LAU] Electrical violin?
> Message-ID: <20150603221948.10d6b5fb(a)shams.smbolton.com>
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>
> On Wed Jun 3 2015, Len Ovens wrote:
> > I saw this one:
> >
> >
> http://www.kkmusicstore.com/cecilio-cevn1bk-black-metallic-size-44-34-or-12…
>
> I have one of these, for the very reason that I can practice on it when
> the wife and kid are in bed. It's not silent, but quite a bit quieter
> than an acoustic violin with a practice mute.
>
> What you should know if you're considering something like this: when I
> received this, the strings were too high for it to be easily playable
> (even the Chinese can't make a violin for this price and pay someone to
> set it up properly.) I spent about three hours lowering the bridge and
> reshaping the nut so it would play well. A professional luthier might
> do the same for you for $60-100. I also spent $20 on a new Wittner
> tailpiece so I'd have fine tuners that would turn easily. I then put
> an old set of synthetic-core strings on it, as I prefer those to the
> steel ones it came with. I'm now really happy with it as a
> quiet-practice violin.
>
> But I never plug it in. One reviewer on Amazon said it sounded like a
> sewing machine, and as soon as I tried it (through the headphones or an
> amp), I knew what they were talking about. Every time you change bow
> direction, there's a thump, and the sound from the strings is kind of
> thin, so as you're playing it's wheee-thump-thump-thump-thump.
>
> So you get what you pay for. I'd expect to spend $600 or more for an
> electric that arrives well set up and sounds halfway decent. Check out
> the Yamaha Silent Violins--I though even the low-end model was fairly
> decent.
>
> HTH,
>
> -Sean
>
>
> Another lifelong violinist chiming in here :) I personally prefer my
acoustic violin amplified by microphone and good soundman. However I have
used a Barcus-Berry pickup for convenience and for those smaller gigs when
playing in a combo and everyone brings their own amp.
I would try this one out, though:
http://www.sharmusic.com/Instruments/Electric/Beginning-0--550/SHAR-Electri…
I have used Shar for years for violin gear; they specialize in bowed
strings and even their low end instruments are playable.
-Best wishes
Peter
--
Peter Finnegan
http://finneganmusic.net
Dynamic music for your special occasion
http://www.finetuningmusic.com
Hey everyone!
Does anyone have experience with electrical violins? I might be looking to
buy one, although I don't know how to play the violin, but I'd really
really like to have one and try to learn. But, for my girlfriend and
neighbour's sake, I'm looking primarily at electrical ones.
Does anyone have experience with electrical violins? How much do they
differ depending on price? I guess it's similar to electrical guitars and
price depends largely on the quality of the pickups...?
Any experience and advice is very welcome, thanks in advance!
Gabriel
Hi all,
I wanted to try drumgizmo on my ubuntu studio 14.04 box and downloaded
it from http://www.drumgizmo.org/wiki/doku.php?id=getting_drumgizmo
Now I'm getting many missing dependencies while trying to install it. It
was C++, then x11, then smf and now it's asking for alsa.
Before I go on installing that (and possibly even more missing
dependencies) I wanted to ask the community if you have experience with
ubuntu studio and drumgizmo and if so whether you found installing it
worth the time and effort.
Many thanks in advance,
Al F
